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Graveyard Dirt - My Scourge, My Plague review



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Band: Graveyard Dirt
Album: My Scourge, My Plague
Release date: August 2015


01. A Poisoned Seed
02. Her Haunting Smile
03. The Sirens Refrain

Wow, just like it's been five years since my last review here at Metal Storm it's been already five years since Graveyard Dirt's last album, For Grace Or Damnation, which somehow never got a review here at Metal Storm. I truly didn't realize that until I received the band's latest offering My Scourge, My Plague for reviewing purposes.

So, Graveyard Dirt are still alive and well and thank God for that. Anyone who loves their death doom the old school way with loads of hints of extremely early Anathema would do well to stop reading and immediately buy this e.p. My Scourge, My Plague is a natural continuation of the band's previous For Grace Or Damnation and Shadows Of Old Ghosts releases.

Expect to get well-produced and well-structured death doom with the emphasis on melody spanning three tracks in 27 minutes.
Opener "A Poisoned Seed" kicks off in the typical Graveyard Dirt way with a riff that immediately nestles itself in your head and sounds like a doomed up version of something that Gary Moore could have written. A quintessentially Irish tone to the guitar playing. This Irishness can also be found on the remaining tracks "Her Haunting Smile" and "The Sirens Refrain". Typically Irish, but without veering off into folk music territory. Think in that sense of the Irishness a death doom band such as Mourning Beloveth displays. All three songs build up to a climax and need a little time to grow on the listener. All aspects of the e.p. once again combine what's best about the early years of the Peaceville Three with a some Irishness thrown into the equation. However, some might find Paul Leyden's vocals a tad hard to digest since it comes across as a mix of Darren White and Tom G. Warrior.

If you're looking for innovation in your metal then you can safely ignore My Scourge, My Plague, but if you want your death doom played well and well-composed and for it to stick in your head because of the melodies then look no further. Graveyard Dirt once again delivers a top quality release. Hopefully, the next album will come to us a bit sooner than in five years time.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse | 16.12.2015




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16.12.2015 - 15:53
MeloDeathViking

I've been waiting for something new from this since I discovered them during the MS Awards 2010. Can't wait to give this a listen. Hopefully they won't wait another 5 years to give us another full-length.
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16.12.2015 - 16:16
psykometal
A staff guy...
A Marcel review on the Storm?!?! Whawhawhawhaaaaaat?! Marcel, were you drunk and accidentally posted this review to the wrong zine...?
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16.12.2015 - 16:18
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Tage Westerlund
Wow Mike Hotel wrote a review, hopefully it wont be last
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16.12.2015 - 16:56
Daniell
_爱情_
Mike Hotel...
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16.12.2015 - 17:08
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Mike Hotel?
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16.12.2015 - 17:16
!J.O.O.E.!
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Neutral Mike Hotel?
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16.12.2015 - 17:56
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by psykometal on 16.12.2015 at 16:16

A Marcel review on the Storm?!?! Whawhawhawhaaaaaat?! Marcel, were you drunk and accidentally posted this review to the wrong zine...?





Pim of Officium Triste wrote it for Lords Of Metal
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16.12.2015 - 18:06
Alex F
Slick Dick Rick
Glad to see a Marcel review on MS again! Sounds like something I may enjoy when I'm in the mood for some classic death doom.
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16.12.2015 - 20:13
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Tage Westerlund
Written by Maco on 16.12.2015 at 17:08

Mike Hotel?


Mike - M
Hotek - H

Its incials of Marcel Hubgretse name ...
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16.12.2015 - 20:19
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Maco on 16.12.2015 at 17:08

Mike Hotel?



Are you trying to be as dumb as K7 now?
Any normal person knows that it stands for MH (duh Marcel Hubregtse)
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16.12.2015 - 20:19
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Tage Westerlund
Written by psykometal on 16.12.2015 at 16:16

A Marcel review on the Storm?!?! Whawhawhawhaaaaaat?! Marcel, were you drunk and accidentally posted this review to the wrong zine...?


I think we can nominate this one for ms awards, like other write in chat<gory
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16.12.2015 - 20:20
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
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16.12.2015 - 21:25
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.12.2015 at 20:19

Are you trying to be as dumb as K7 now?
Any normal person knows that it stands for MH (duh Marcel Hubregtse)


I can be dumb, but not THAT dumb.
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16.12.2015 - 21:28
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Maco on 16.12.2015 at 21:25


I can be dumb, but not THAT dumb.


valid point there. No one can be as dumb as that.
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16.12.2015 - 21:31
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.12.2015 at 21:28

No one can be as dumb as that.


Don't be so mean with him.
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16.12.2015 - 21:33
Maco
Pvt Funderground
To go on topic, I've never listened to this band before but if it sounds a little bit like early Anathema then it should not be so bad.
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17.12.2015 - 00:56
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Tage Westerlund
Written by Maco on 16.12.2015 at 21:25

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.12.2015 at 20:19

Are you trying to be as dumb as K7 now?
Any normal person knows that it stands for MH (duh Marcel Hubregtse)


I can be dumb, but not THAT dumb.


you need a one dance whit hotel baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va4h_p9YAhc
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17.12.2015 - 01:11
BitterCOld
The Ancient One
Soooooo... back to the album. Will defo check it out. Nice to see the old bastard come out of retirement to show he's still got game.
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17.12.2015 - 18:23
Darkside Momo
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"Mike Hotel" my oh my...
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17.12.2015 - 18:45
3rdWorld
China was a neat
Glad to see a Marcel review after long time and hope you don't take another five year break for your next review. The review sounds good as well. I am tired of looking for too much innovation in my metal and a good ol' straight forward death doom metal album will just do the trick for me. Will definitely check this out.
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17.12.2015 - 18:50
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by 3rdWorld on 17.12.2015 at 18:45

Glad to see a Marcel review after long time and hope you don't take another five year break for your next review.


It was only a five year break over here at MS During those five years I have done 945 reviews for LoM.
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17.12.2015 - 20:10
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Tage Westerlund
Written by Darkside Momo on 17.12.2015 at 18:23

"Mike Hotel" my oh my...


hello delta mike, aka real name Sierra mike
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17.12.2015 - 20:22
Karlabos
Meat and Potatos
Next BE will make posts where every letter will be translated to NATO code words, and he'll expect us to read it
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17.12.2015 - 22:21
BitterCOld
The Ancient One
Back to the album...

Seeing as it's fucking Star Wars Weekend, STAY ON TARGET.
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